The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-10
NO. 2s
STATE NEWS

this season IA sabine parish are very
| fatteFing
The Meridioaal says the eottoa
worm ID Yermilioa parish has died
out. It proved to be gross worm
instead Of tho cotton worm.
Rayne SiqRal Tho Eavagas of the
eatorpilIars have become general
throughoat the parish, and Old farmers
say that the cotton crop has been dam.
aged fally one.half.
Shreveport Times A new lao fac
tory, aateam laundry aud q brewery are
among the contemplated improvements
IN this city. Shreveport Is the City 81
the future 10 louisiana
Col. G. ]. Barrow, Of West Baton
Rouge, has announced himself AZ a
candidate IN the Sixth Congressional
District 70 fill tho vacancy caused III
the death of Congressman Z, w Rob
evtsou,
| 81, Mary H@ald Some Of the
| planters on Cypremort will commence
sugar making on tho 18th of thls
month. They Say that thc esne Il A.
ripe nov as it has been 10 October q
previous years.
Adolph Zenneek, one Of the editors
and proprtotors Of the Nqscot who was
shot BY Dan Brown Of Algiers, about
three weeks ago. died at the Charity
! Hospital On August 9 FROM she effect
Of The wounds,
ST. Mary Hsrald Corn is being
gathered and brought to town IN large
! quantities and sold at ridioulously low
! prices, somo Of the same ones who
are selling IL al 80 cents per barrel will
buy it back forsl,
| Washington Argas Tho cotton
worms have put in an appearance in
considerable numbers in Manol
prairie, where they are doing great
| damage to the eropa. Other parts
Of our parish, as far as we are adviaed.
are free from the ravages Of these
pests,
st. Mary Repiew; Tho commoFoaof
| Morgan City for tho past yeaf, accord
| ing tostatistics Just taken blythe Ateha,
faiaya aud Plsquemlne Improvement
Association, amounts to a total Of
81 I25,9l6. Among the items emu
meratad We find $27, 800 invested in
tho purchase Of birds and feathers.
| This Is certainly good showing for
the futuFO Gulf city,
Terrebonno Times The cane is in
| iue growing condition and Is larger
than for several years as this time,
The corn crop Is q large one and is
about being gathered, and il selling
Ia town at from rs to so eenls per
barrel in shuck. Other crops, such as
sweet potatoes, onions, Iriah potatoes,
etc, are not large but viii make an
average yield
n Acadia seatinel IN tho westarn
portion Of this parish, We luarn, that
the drought has quite seriously eteet-
ed the rice crops Corn and other
crops arc reported 10 be 10 good con
dition, but the drought coming on Just
at the time when the rice was heading,
materially iterfeTed with its ahlling
! OUT However those who were prepai-
cd, have succeeded in making bopntk
fuI crops Of rice.
Morgan City has shipped the past
season 1851 ,42s oystera, as sheWS
BY the racords Of Che express otllae
and has consumed about 100000
The taking and handling Of which
gives employment 10 some 500 men
and 76 small vessels. Besides her
large oyster trade, she haa also ship
ped To Texas aud other States SOC, O0O
pounds 81 catfish, aud 10000 pounds
(, Of other fine varieties Of saltwater
6sh.
I Lafayette Adpertiser The gennine
cotton eating caterpillar has made its
. appearance ii fields throughout the
4 parish this week bent upon destination.
That Is to say, they had been n the
4 cotton, as We are reliably Informal
j Cor several days before, but sheEed
10 intention Of eating until about sun
Z day last; Oh Monday they were steadily
} at work il some fields, bpt We have
i yet 10 hear that any serious damage
!, has been done.
Iberia Sgtglr Bopl II seems that
an the arrangements necessary tog the
7 shipping of the produce Of the aeehc
country direct 70 tho Galveston mar
ket, have been perfected. On Oct Ist
!, the new line Of steamers will be start
Z Cd between Morgan city and aalYes.
4 ton. Att Morgan City transfers Wlll
L be made, All The necessary warehouses
I have been engaged, and Q steamboat
I Is to run up the Ieche as high as 81
Z MaFtinsyilo, carrying freight for ths
Z company
d Al Hot Springs, Ark dispateh
u lie 9Th alt, gives thc following A.
d. count of q rich 9Hnd' n thRt sectleF
oE eThis city and section was all excit
Sc meat to-day oyer the result u y
ma cleanup at Modetl'a smeltsr vests
nv dsy. an inycskigaslon showed N
ii iha ane contained about hgc tons
bly, fume matter, an assay y which =
be made By Prof Anghey, and u Y
city found 70 yield s2 psg cent ot leI
mu- The assay Of sample by RTot Alep
ake ton gave s2 percent leag n the eas
ion lot, the ssAaYs EaFs8lag 4 aE
Thu saq RaF tasted t lie
sealtn1 iif $50 silver all'l e
'iS9 70 TIE tqp- as 'ls
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tA cheaf ninas n she Wesld ta n
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